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This introduction discusses the theme of this volume which is about the conflict between Galileo and Christoph Scheiner on the nature and location of sunspots. It explains that the conflict had preoccupied European astronomers and philosophers for over a century. Galileo's interpretation of sunspots prevailed over those of his opponents and he inspired Scheiner to conduct an extended research published as Rosa Ursina in 1863. Based on his research Scheiner also later published Prodromus pro Sole Mobili to refute Galileo's argument for the motion of the Earth on the basis of the motions of...

This introduction discusses the theme of this volume which is about the conflict between Galileo and Christoph Scheiner on the nature and location of sunspots. It explains that the conflict had preoccupied European astronomers and philosophers for over a century. Galileo's interpretation of sunspots prevailed over those of his opponents and he inspired Scheiner to conduct an extended research published as Rosa Ursina in 1863. Based on his research Scheiner also later published Prodromus pro Sole Mobili to refute Galileo's argument for the motion of the Earth on the basis of the motions of sunspots.